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Old 10-03-2016, 12:00
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The fields for the combined events and relays in Portland have been confirmed.

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Looks like the women's relay will be a direct final.
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Old 10-03-2016, 12:01
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Ref Bleasdale - she has both a German and a GBNI profile on the IAAF website:-
http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/germany...easdale-206197
http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/great-b...easdale-206197

Unusual at the very least!
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Old 10-03-2016, 15:32
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The fields for the combined events and relays in Portland have been confirmed.

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Looks like the women's relay will be a direct final.
No Nadine Broersen and from what was posted this morning on Twitter, she seems a serious doubt for the Olympics with a posterior knee ligament tear.
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Old 10-03-2016, 15:56
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The fields for the combined events and relays in Portland have been confirmed.

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Looks like the women's relay will be a direct final.
Should be a straightforward double for the Eatons.
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Old 10-03-2016, 19:43
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Today, the Council met to approve several matters:

* 2018 World U20 Champonships are awarded to sole bidder Tampere (FIN)
* 2018 World Half Marathon Championships are awarded to Valencia (ESP)
* World Indoor Tour will be expanded to include Dusseldorf from 2017 and another meet from 2018
* 2017 World Relays will be held in Nassau (BAH, again) on 22-23 April
* 2018 Continental Cup will be held in Ostrava (CZE) on 8-9 September

Regarding the IAAF half of London 2017, they have published entry standards for 10,000m, marathon, combined events and race walks. They have also published the timetable, according to which the championships commence on 4 August and will be a day longer () than originally planned.
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Old 10-03-2016, 20:07
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Timetable for 2017 looks good. Like the idea of it starting on a Friday night & less morning sessions is the way to go. Must be better for TV too with only 1 morning session during the week. Men's 100m final on Saturday night.

Got my e-mail yesterday to register for priority ticket window. Just hope that the tickets aren't too pricey. My guess is they'll be more than Glasgow 2014 but not as expensive as London 2012
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Old 10-03-2016, 23:37
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UKAthletics turned down IAAF invites for Michael Rimmer and Guy Learmonth without even consulting the athletes.
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Old 11-03-2016, 00:04
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UKAthletics turned down IAAF invites for Michael Rimmer and Guy Learmonth without even consulting the athletes.
On what basis I wonder?
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Old 11-03-2016, 10:19
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A few thoughts on a number of athletics stories and events recently. If you have a spare minute then check it out! Enjoy!

http://athleticsappetizer.com/2016/0...ws-and-events/
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Old 11-03-2016, 10:49
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On what basis I wonder?
On the basis that, based on the evidence of about twenty previous international championships, there is no point in spending the cost of a return plane ticket* and a week in a hotel just so that Michael Rimmer could run 4 laps of the track and then do an interview with Phil afterwards saying how gutted he was not to qualify.

*On the other hand, there's good reason to think that paying for a one-way plane ticket would have been a good investment.
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Old 11-03-2016, 10:56
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NCAA Indoor Athletics Champs this weekend, Division One are in Birmingham, Alabama.

There is live streaming of the Division II and Division III meets here, don't know about the main one though which is probably subscription only.

http://www.ncaa.com/liveschedule

BT/ESPN have highlights.....at 04:00 on Thursday Morning!
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Old 11-03-2016, 10:58
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Rutherford has pulled out of the World Indoors.

(UKA press release)
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Old 11-03-2016, 10:59
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Guess he does need to be 100% for Rio...

Carl Lewis doesn't seem to be a fan of Greg's or the sport itself.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/oth...-pathetic.html

Suppose the guy did have very high standards...and was helped along the way.

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Old 11-03-2016, 12:31
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Guess he does need to be 100% for Rio...

Carl Lewis doesn't seem to be a fan of Greg's or the sport itself.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/oth...-pathetic.html

Suppose the guy did have very high standards...and was helped along the way.

Not often I find myself in agreement with most commentators on Daily Mail site. Never liked Carl Lewis & this does nothing to change my mind.

It's 1 thing to comment on LJ standards but quite another to question people's work ethic which is what Lewis has done. How does he know how hard today's jumpers do/ don't train? Does he go & watch them train on a regular basis? Of course not.
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Old 11-03-2016, 13:42
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It's 1 thing to comment on LJ standards but quite another to question people's work ethic which is what Lewis has done. How does he know how hard today's jumpers do/ don't train? Does he go & watch them train on a regular basis? Of course not.
Mike Powell is a lot more sensible on the subject. He says the decline in standards is mainly down to the fact that 100m runners don't double up in the long jump anymore.
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Old 11-03-2016, 13:50
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Thanks @grassmarket for info on the NCAA coverage and your Mike Rimmer comments always give me a chuckle or two.

Also happening today & tomorrow ...

US Indoor Champs live from Portland on USATF.tv today at 7.30pm - http://live.usatf.tv/liveusaindoor2016.html

Broadcast schedule for today & tomorrow here - http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?do=...1678&year=2016 .
There are also two 2-hour windows on NBC Sports Network. You may have a way of accessing that ...

The broadcast times are Eastern US Time so add 5 hours for the UK.

Also, the 3rd installment of the ARD doping documentaries is available in English (just 28 minutes this time) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XGVKE3yrXs

As has been mentioned on the previous page, little seems to have changed in Russia! There's also a bit about a doping coach in Malaysia who got on the IAAF Council.
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Old 12-03-2016, 00:57
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Not often I find myself in agreement with most commentators on Daily Mail site. Never liked Carl Lewis & this does nothing to change my mind.

It's 1 thing to comment on LJ standards but quite another to question people's work ethic which is what Lewis has done. How does he know how hard today's jumpers do/ don't train? Does he go & watch them train on a regular basis? Of course not.
He was, is and always will be a truly horrible individual.

Plus we all know of his repulsive and repeated hypocrisy with regard to Ben Johnson and many others - this joker even admitted in 2003 that he had plenty of 'help' himself (a lot of the US team did but it was covered up - Flo Drug for example) and his continual whining about Bolt makes him look like the posturing, arrogant fool that he really is.

Bugger off Lewis.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics...ing-athletics/
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Old 12-03-2016, 10:39
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Individual event videos of yesterday's action at the US Indoor Championships are up at http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?mgr...cent&year=2016 .

Videos of today's action will also be available on-demand shortly after today's session.

IAAF report of Day 1
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Old 12-03-2016, 17:06
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Woah! Wayde van Niekerk becomes the first man in history to run sub-10 for the 100m, sub-20 for the 200m and sub-44 for the 400m.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/35794869
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Old 13-03-2016, 00:20
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His 9.98A (+1.5m/s) PB was run in Bloemfontein, which is located at altitude so it was more like a 10.1 at sea-level. Still, that's quite some addition to his credentials, to put it mildly.

Down Under, the Perth Track Classic is known for warm conditions - the performance of the meet belonged to long jumper Brooke Stratton (AUS), who now leads the world rankings with a remarkable 7.05m (+2.0m/s) AR! That'll last longer than the vast majority of outdoor world leads set in that part of the world.

The NCAA pentathlon was something else - Kendell Williams* (who is competing in Portland) took victory with a 4703 PB. However, it was Akela Jones* (BAR) that demonstrated the greatest flashes of brillance as her ultimately aborted series included a 1.98m high jump =WL (!) and 6.80m long jump - had she performed to her ability, she'd have broken the WR. No, really.

[* Morgan Lake wasn't the only female athlete with great combined events potential to win a world junior title in Oregon]
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Old 13-03-2016, 00:42
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Turns out Nathan Douglas only found out today that the IAAF invited him to the World Champs last week but the UKA federation rejected the invite without consulting him.
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Old 13-03-2016, 11:59
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Some notable performances from the US Indoor Champs. Barbara Pierre won the 60m in 7.00, Dafne will have a fight on her hands to win Gold next week if she repeats that form. Bracy & Bromell took the 2 men's spots up for grabs. Big win for Brianna Rollins in the 60h, coming back to the form that won her the World title in Moscow. And Brittany Reese also looks like she is coming into form. another. Perhaps the most eye-catching result was Vashti Cunningham winning the High Jump in 1.99 - she is an 18 year old High School Student and her Dad Randall is a former NFL star.

After only just scraping into the final Cindy Ofili won the 60h at the NCAA champs in a new PB of 7.89
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Old 13-03-2016, 13:29
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Day 2 of the USATF Indoors

2nd and 4th place times in the W60mH final were equal world bests.
Perhaps the most eye-catching result was Vashti Cunningham winning the High Jump in 1.99
That's also a WL...and for that matter, an indoor WJR (with 2017 to come).

She's right up there with the likes of Ruth Beitia...who's old enough (just) to be her mother.
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Old 13-03-2016, 13:32
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Wow at Barbara Pierre... That start was incredible, probably up there with the likes of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's. I was expecting the women's 60m to be disappointing since the 60m heavyweights Fraser-Pryce and Ahouré, Gold and Silver medallist respectively from the last World Indoor Championships, are skipping indoors to concentrate on the outdoor season, but it looks as though Schippers and Pierre are poised to show us an impressive race.

The men's 60m should be explosive too. Ronnie Baker and Cameron Burrell ran 6.47 and 6.48 respectively at the NCAA Championships a few days ago, Asafa Powell ran 6.49 last month and Dasuolu looked ominous running 6.53 with a dreadful start at the British Indoor Championships. And let's not forget Mike Rodgers and Kim Collins, who are both very capable of going sub 6.50.

And that's just the sprints...
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Old 13-03-2016, 15:57
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Wow at Barbara Pierre... That start was incredible, probably up there with the likes of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's. I was expecting the women's 60m to be disappointing since the 60m heavyweights Fraser-Pryce and Ahouré, Gold and Silver medallist respectively from the last World Indoor Championships, are skipping indoors to concentrate on the outdoor season, but it looks as though Schippers and Pierre are poised to show us an impressive race.

The men's 60m should be explosive too. Ronnie Baker and Cameron Burrell ran 6.47 and 6.48 respectively at the NCAA Championships a few days ago, Asafa Powell ran 6.49 last month and Dasuolu looked ominous running 6.53 with a dreadful start at the British Indoor Championships. And let's not forget Mike Rodgers and Kim Collins, who are both very capable of going sub 6.50.

And that's just the sprints...
They won't be competing at Worlds as they raced at NCAAs rather than USA champs. Marvin Bracy & Trayvon Brommell won the 2 spots at Worlds in addition to Rogers who has a wild card
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